BOOKS and AUTHORS

This page provides resources that students can use to explore and investigate books and authors.  It also includes a Student Book Review tool, which allows students to review and recommend books that they have read.  Submitted book reviews will be posted on the Book Review page, if they meet the following standards:

• The information contained in the review is accurate
• The review is free of grammatical or spelling errors
• The review provides information that describes the qualities of the book (good and/or bad)
• The review rating aligns with the description that has been provided

BOOKS & AUTHOR RESOURCES

The Children's Literature Web Guide:

Amazon.com - Children's Books (Age 9-12)

Kid's Reads - Authors:

Children's Literature - Wikipedia:

Children's Authors - Yahoo:

Children's book Council - Authors & Illustrators:

BOOK PUBLISHERS

Scholastic - Books & Authors

Random House Kids

HarperCollins Children's

Simon and Schuster - Children's Books

McGraw-Hill Children's Literature

Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

Kids Can Press

BOOK REVIEW SITES

Kid's Bookshelf: This site provides an extensive collection of book reviews... these brief reviews have links to those books on Amazon.com, which can provide more information about the books and more reviews.  Many of the reviews on Amazon allow you read the back cover of the book or the first bit of the book.

Spaghetti Book Club: The Spaghetti Book Club web site is a place for kids who love to read and talk about books! It is the largest site of book reviews written and illustrated by kids for kids. The Spaghetti Book Club was created as a way to support and encourage kids' love for reading by giving them an opportunity to connect, on a personal level, with the books they are reading and then share their reactions, thoughts, and opinions with family members, friends, and kids around the world.

Education Oasis - Children's Book Reviews: Children's book reviews by teachers and school librarians.

Education Oasis - Teen Reads: Book reviews for teens by teachers and school librarians.


WRITING BOOK REVIEWS

The following links provide advice and ideas that will help you write better book reviews.

Writing with Writers: Do your students need writing help? At the Scholastic.com Writing with Writers Web site, students can e-mail their work to professional writers, who will comment on it.  This is a wonderful place for students to read about writing and think about writing ... " Before your students realize what's happening to them, they're hooked on the site!